European Union Trademark: A Malta Perspective

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Malta has been a European Member State since 2004. This has presented industry with two routes for trademark protection, depending on the business needs of the applicant. One can register a national/domestic trademark directly in Malta with the Malta Intellectual Property Office or obtain protection via the European Union Trademark (EUTM) registration route, the latter having the added advantage of covering 27 countries within the EU.

It is an undisputed fact that a trademark is often a company's most valuable asset, hence the requirement of maximum protection under the laws of the market within which the company operates. The EUTM presents a state of the art, cost-friendly mechanism to achieve such widespread, through protection.